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Monday, April 23, 2018

DIY Felt eyeglasses case

This padded felt eyeglasses case was made at the request of a friend. She gave me the approximate measures she wanted but gave me total freedom with respect to materials and colors. Because I love working with felt, it was a an easy choice for me. And because I know she loves everything Irish, I managed to find a piece of Irish green felt in my stash and decided it was just perfect.

Because I wanted the glasses case to be padded to offer more protection, I added lining and batting.

You can see below the pieces of fabric I used. The felt is long enough to fold into the case and have a folding flap. Batting and lining are the same size - minus the flap.

First I folded the lining piece right sides together (with the batting on top) and sewed the sides.

Then I did the same with the felt, turning it inside out after sewing. Before sewing, though, I added a bit of lacy ribbon.

Once both pieces were sewn, I placed the lining inside the felt case, folded the the edges in and hand-stitched all around.

Then I decided to round the flap a bit to make it prettier.

Once that was done, I added a cute button and cut a small slit on the flap for the buttonhole (this is one of my favorite things about using felt - just being able to cut and not worry with fraying).

And here is the finished product, inside and out:

This was my first experience making an eyeglasses case. With lots of people in my family wearing glasses, though, I'm thinking it may be useful to make a few more to use as gifts of Christmas and birthdays...